It would appear to me that the way we used to put links into a post simply by copying and pasting into the link, no longer works and that if you try that now the link is not highlighted as it used to be. Thinking about it the hyperlink does not work in the same way it used to. Any thoughts from admin ???

Still copy the web address of the page you want to link to. then, once in the forum reply box, click the Link icon at the top (of the reply box). First off, either type in what you want to appear as the hyper-link (eg GO Oudoors) or simply paste the original web address. Press OK. Second, paste the web address (again, if you did so for the first box) and click OK again.
In the reply box, it will show the full address (plus whatever you typed in the first box), but if you check the preview box, it will only show what went in the first box.
From the above, you will get either

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